Publisher's Synopsis
Explains what Internet is, how to get connected, how to communicate with others and how to navigate and mine it for information. This guide is a comprehensive introduction and overview, which covers all the basic concepts of Internet and its technologies. It describes how to find people on the network, communicate with others and connect to Internet resources, including a catalogue of Internet resources organized by subject and showing the access method and Internet address of each resource.;This guide also includes step-by-step directions on choosing the right medium, organizing data and ensuring privacy and security; all the information necessary to set up Gopher protocol for service providers; details on how a LAN relates to Internet; technical information on how data moves over the Internet, including the underlying protocols and details on how to connect your workstation to Internet based on mode of access.
